In these Internet-addled times, it can be hard to parse where you picked up a certain term or speech pattern. For example, I’ve been deploying the phrase “many such cases” for months without quite realizing that I was quoting disgraced former President Donald Trump. (Loathe the man beyond all reason, but you have to admit he can turn a phrase.)
Perhaps the most crystallized example of this phenomenon is the accidental Kardashianism. Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie—yes, I can list them all in birth order, and yes, I’m pretty sure my parents regret spending a small fortune on my English degree—are truly the reality-TV poet laureates of our time, and in celebration of Kendall’s Summer 2024 Vogue cover, I’ve put together a roundup of the Kardashian-Jenner clan’s most iconic quotes. Read them all below.
“Kim, there’s people that are dying.”
Kourtney really slayed with this riposte to her younger sister’s tantrum about losing a diamond earring in the ocean.
“Get your f*cking ass up and work.”
Hate the sentiment, love the expression. Do I think it to myself every time I embark on a particularly difficult Pilates class? Absolutely.
